Small Biconical Pot

Name/Title

Small Biconical Pot

Entry/Object ID

A-384

Description

A small, red-slipped pot with a flared rim. Three design fields are separated with three vertical and one horizonal ridges, while the three fields house three lugs in the form of what look like zoomorphic monkey heads.

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Archaeology

Acquisition

Accession

07.01.03

Source or Donor

Cynthia Sands

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Costa Rica

Notes

Culture/Habitat is listed as: "Period VI, Atlantic Watershed, 1000-1550 AD"

Dimensions

Height

10.5 cm

Diameter

4 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Notes

One lug has been completely worn or broken away, while a second lug is missing its face, and the third has some chipping and wear. Poorly done restoration on the rim of the pot in two places with white clay, while also showing signs of chipping along other parts or the rim. Various chips and scraps throughout the surface of the body of the pot.